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August 2017 has 31 days, spanning lunar months leap 6 / 7. Qixi: 28 Aug. Full moon: 8 Aug. New moon: 22 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2017 leap month 6 into 2017 month 7 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 15:40:01 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 06:20:13 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 21 August 2017 closes lunar 2017 leap month 6; lunar 2017 month 7 begins 22 August 2017.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
August 2017 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/10庚申Metal Monkey26/11辛酉Metal Rooster36/12壬戌Water Dog46/13癸亥Water Pig56/14甲子Wood Rat6/15乙丑Wood OxLunar mid-month76/16丙寅Fire TigerBeginning of Autumn86/17丁卯Fire Rabbit96/18戊辰Earth Dragon106/19己巳Earth Snake116/20庚午Metal Horse126/21辛未Metal Goat6/22壬申Water Monkey146/23癸酉Water Rooster156/24甲戌Wood Dog166/25乙亥Wood Pig176/26丙子Fire Rat186/27丁丑Fire Ox196/28戊寅Earth Tiger6/29己卯Earth Rabbit216/30庚辰Metal Dragon227/1辛巳Metal SnakeLunar month opens237/2壬午Water HorseEnd of Heat247/3癸未Water Goat257/4甲申Wood Monkey267/5乙酉Wood Rooster7/6丙戌Fire Dog7/7丁亥Fire Pig297/8戊子Earth Rat307/9己丑Earth Ox317/10庚寅Metal TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2017 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 6/17
Last quarter
Lunar leap 6/24
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in August 2017
- 22 August 2017 — lunar 2017 leap month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2017 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2017 at 15:40:01 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2017 at 06:20:13 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 August 2017 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 August 2017 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 28 August 2017 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.